Sanford, Virginia is a small town located in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. It is a rural area with much of its population being involved in farming and agricultural work. The town has a long history of political involvement and many local politicians have served on the local government. In recent years, Sanford has seen an increase in civic engagement with citizens taking part in local elections and other political activities to help shape the future of their community. Local candidates running for office often come from various backgrounds and many are passionate about making positive changes to the town. As such, it is important for residents to get involved by voting for their chosen candidates and helping to ensure that only those who will bring positive change to their community are elected into office.
The political climate in Sanford, VA is somewhat conservative.
Accomack County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Accomack County, VA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Accomack county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.7%.
Accomack county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sanford, VA is somewhat conservative.
Accomack County, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Virginia is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Sanford, Virginia: R R r r R r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Sanford, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $42 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $60 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)